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    Jurist India Court holds Youtuber Savukku Shankar guilty of criminal contempt for comment on Indian judiciary

    India’s Madurai Madra High Court Thursday held YouTuber Savukku Shankar guilty of criminal contempt and sentenced him to a six-month imprisonment in a suo moto petition against him for his remark on the Indian judiciary. In July, in an interview with Red Pix, Shankar remarked that “the entire...
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    Jurist European Parliament declares Hungary no longer a fully functioning democracy

    European Parliament (EP) Thursday adopted its interim report wherein it declared Hungary as no longer a democracy with 433 votes for, 123 against, and 28 abstentions, and alleged Hungary is becoming a “hybrid regime of electoral autocracy, a constitutional system in which elections occur, but...
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    Jurist German government places Russia-owned oil company under federal management

    The German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Friday placed the German subsidiary of Russian-owned oil company Rosneft under federal fiduciary management. Rosneft holds roughly 12 percent of German oil refining capacity and controls three oil refineries in Germany of which the...
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    Jurist Bangladesh dispatch: one country, two faces

    In his inaugural video report, JURIST Bangladesh Staff Correspondent Ahmad Rayhan Farhi, a law student at Dhaka University, describes his home country as a land of contradictions, many of which reflect, affect or implicate the law. The video below is followed by a lightly edited transcript of...
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    Jurist EU appeals court upholds Google €4.1B fine for anti-competition violations

    A European Union court Wednesday upheld a ruling that Google violated European Union (EU) competition rules. While the General Court largely upheld a European Commission (EC) decision that Google engaged in anti-competitive practices, the court lowered the previously imposed €4.3 billion fine to...
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    Jurist DOJ issues indictments for human smuggling operation at US-Mexico border

    The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday announced the indictments of eight leaders of a human smuggling operation (HSO) at the US-Mexico border. The effort was a part of the DOJ’s Joint Task Force Alpha, a law enforcement task force assembled in June 2021 to combat dangerous human smuggling...
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    Jurist Ireland sets launch date for historic birth information and tracing services

    Irish Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Roderic O’Gorman Monday signed an order providing for birth information and tracing services under the new Birth Information and Tracing Act to begin on October 3. The act codifies the right for every Irish person who was...
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    Jurist Germany court rejects climate lawsuit in favor of Mercedes-Benz

    A German court Tuesday rejected a lawsuit filed by environmental group Deutsche Umwelthilfe intended to bar Mercedes-Benz from selling cars with combustion engines that emit greenhouse gases after 2030. Deutsche Umwelthilfe claimed that Mercedes-Benz must comply with the Paris Climate...
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    Jurist Australia financial crimes regulator opens investigation into sports betting company Entain

    The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) Monday announced an investigation into Entain Group Pty Ltd (Entain) to review compliance with Australian laws. AUSTRAC is the Australian agency “responsible for detecting, deterring and disrupting criminal abuse of the financial...
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    Jurist UN warns of escalating human rights, rule of law crisis in Afghanistan

    UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan Richard Bennet Monday issued a special report indicating the country is experiencing a deepening human rights crisis. Bennet’s report focused on changes which have occurred in the country since the Taliban took power in August...
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